The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-26 00:00:00

I'ItOVINCI AI, 3OCRNA.LS. (From " The i,retl. ittlelagencer" of the 2 4th lust) SII,FORD SESSIONS. The following is a 101 l report of Mr. CROSSE'S admirable openi►►g Speech on the prosecution of the rioters. It forcibly illustrates the ill , gality, danger, and unprolitableness of all unlawful corn bitiatiovs amongst workmen. We recommend to the earnest attention, not only of the deluded classes themselves .o whom it refers. but'also to the serious eonsiderittion of those who make it their busi:iess first to render them dissatisfied, and then to incite them to mischief, anti to rush upon the it own ruin. The Organ of Luddism in this town has been forced, wish respect to the Cotton Spintiers,_to admit the falsehood of his as sertions. Three short weeks since, he stated that the average earnings of •the Spinners were elewm shillings per week. The week following he re luctantly raised the amount to nineteen shilling. In his last publication he has been compelled to state, "that the tact has been communicated to him by a Gentleman on whose veracity he can re ly, that the average of nineteen mills. where men are employed, has Veen taken, and that their clear we, lily earnings fur the last six months have been funud to he thirty-one shillings a week, while the earnings of the boys and girls, in thirteen other mills, have been found to amount to seventeen shillings weekly !' Thus, after a most foul and base attempt to ex cite the sympathy of the working classes here for their refractory brethren in Lancashire, and, from that sympathy . , to reap similar -discontent, ami similar unlawteel proceedings, is The Leeds Nercary condemned out of his own- mouth. The candid man endeavours, with Ids usual artifice, to Liver; the attention of the Public from the real point in question but, having effectually driven hint trout the new career of mischiei on which he had entered, we leave bins to the sentence of re probation which the public voice has pronounced upon' him. MR. CROSSE'S SPEECH. " it has been too often my duty (said the Learned Coons,l), in the course of the last twenty Yeats, to prosecute, as well as on nieny casions to defend, 'persoos of the labouriug classes charged with unlawlel combinations, and other more se rious offences which generally result from them. I have, therefore, been obliged to become inti mately acquainted with their proceedings, as far as they have been brought from time to time be tore the Public. Bet whether acting for them or against them, I trust l have never ceased, as far as my situation would admit, to afford encourage ment aid protection to that portion of the labour- Lug classes who have been compelled, by threats and intimidation, to become the unwilling asso ciates‘ of crone ; and of this description I have al-• ways found by emelt the largest portion of those who have been brought under the band of public justice for such offences. " Combieations of workmen for advance of veaecs, upon a small scale, and in single establish ments, have doubtless occasionally taken place bete as long as this has been a commercial coun try ; hut never before the French Revolution Were th , v so extensive and organized as they have sine. become throeghout this Kingdom. It was chieffy hv means of the horrible combination of the clubs (e' :cubit's and Republicans established in every town in Fiance, and united by Delegates and Cominii tees into one general confederacy, that the entire set) “.rsion of the Government of that King -dont was effected. This project was soon atter imported into Ireland, and produced there the rebellion of the people calling themselves United Irishmen. Front thence it was introduced, for the sante purpose, into this country, about the year ninetv4wo, and although it happily failed at that time of its intended effect, it was taken up by the handicrafts for the purpose to which it has since been so extensively and so mischievously ap plied. Upon this model, permanent organized com binelions have been established, and now exist, among the workmen in almost every branch of trade, and to which every workman, either by persuasion, or threats and insults, is obliged so far to associate himself as to submit to all their illegal regulations. ". By mutual correspondence and co-operation of their Committees, and the employment of de legates, those who assume a lead amongst them cap at any time order out an insurrection in any one or more branches of trade, in any town, or district, or country they think fit, and levy. con tributions upon those trades that continue in em ploymeot, for the support of those whom their orders have turned adrift. " I,t this way the insurrection of the weavers was ordered out in 1808, and the still more alarm ing and general insurrection daringly raised against machinery in 1812, which extended throughout the greatest part of this and two or three adjoining counties, and which brought many of the offenders' to an ignominious death. lo 1816, the Committee of calico printers were . arrested at Bolton, in the midst of their delibe rations, and their papers seized. They were brought to trial in this Court for a conspiracy, and on that occasion it appeared a general turn out, es it is called, of that trade, had taken place; that the persons on trial were, or assumed to be, each a delegate, representing some large esta biishment in that extensive branch of trade; that they collected contributions, for the subsistence of t he unemployed, from Committees of almost every other branch of trade in London and various oilier places, and some for Scotland and Ireland ; for so far their correspondence and communica tions extended. And among the rest of their mischievous proceedings, this incredible ftst ap p: ,rest, that no printer, in times of employment, was allowed adtnission into a workshop, unless be brought With hint a certificate from a secre tat e, or other - person in authority among them, Cott he had paid up all demands, or, in other voi -j s , he was no t to earn his daily bread till he haid..purehesed a licence from some of the con spirators ! - " We are now in the midst of a new insurrec tion of the CottOn spinners, and of several other ` traces, who have been compelled, by orders from their C o mmittees, so abandon their employment, in the delesite hope of forcing an advance of their wages; and under this hideouts and abominably system of terror, many thousands of imlnstrious families are at this moment wandering np and down in a state of vagrancy and idleness, depeod ing for their subsistence on the small and preca rious wages of iniquity which their Committees, choose to deal out from the contributions which they levy upon other trades. Under the infLienee of this system, ever} family in this populous dis trict that surrounds us is kept in a state of con tinual alarm and anxiety, especially those of the uulortunate employers of the confederates, who are doubtful of the security, of their property or their lives for another day. " Is this a state of things to he endured in civi lized society, or compatible with its existence ? Of what avail are the justly boasted liberties, cetoilitution„ and imlependenceof Englishmen, to those who ate doomed to live under the arbitrary and despotic dominion of an invisible Committee, composed, probably, of the vilest and most des picable of men, terrible only because they arc un seen and unknowu I protest, for my part, I had rather live under the single dominion of the worst tyrent that ever existed in the world, than 'ruder sorb odious authority and controul, exposed to the continual recurrence of tumult: and insur rection. " Let us consider the effect of all those pro ceedings. The confederates may gain their im mediate object, as they have often done •betore they may extort an edvauce of wages. Since these combinations were begun, and in the course of about 20 years, they may have raised wages, that is, the price of labour, to nearly double the former amount. But as the price of labour iu all manufactures is raised in the saute proportion, the ferieer, theebak,r, and the butcher, who are to purchase them, must in like proportion raise the price of provisions. If the hatters, the tailors, and the shoemakers combine to raise their prices, the whole lean is equipped front head to foot upon higher terms, and conseeee ntly he is no better for the advance or wages; and thus 2s. now is of no more value titan Is. was betore. Alid if this 'truces , be carried on till every handicraft in the kingdom has turned his shining into a gui nea, he quill not be one farthing richer. The nu merica; emount of his wages will be changed, but the actuall productive value of them will remain the same; so nothing in effect is gained by all the trouble and vexation of these illegal pro ceedings. " But let these deluded men reflect how much they lose by there. All the contributions charged upon their wages, for the support of delegates and turn-outs, and other charges of combinations (taxes that would not be endured it levied under the'authorityof Parliament), are su much actual . loss, and if to this be added the loss of wages during• all the time they are nut of employment, they will find not hiug to congratulate themselves upon, in. a pecuniary view, it they' gain their object. " Let them reflect also on the injury our trade with foreign countries must sustain by the forced and artificial price of English labour, and the cone *seven( high price of English merchandite abroad., Already our ingenious neighbours in France rtsol other surrounding nations have established cottritt factories, and by the cheapness of labouteare able to imitate all our manufaceuretolg great advan tage ; and while our worklefen are unemployed amid these dissensions, they, are actieely'enge44 in driving out our trade trout all foreign markets, .and a general stagnation and final ruin of our fo reign commerce Aipust be the inevitable conse quence. Nor will the mischief end there. What is to become of this country, if every OpEknaan iti to live in continual hostility with his itintployer and the law ? While even Pe apprentices and other children in all the factories are terained and initiated into all the mysteries, seratagettes, and vices of conspirators, as regularly as to their law ful occupations, and thus qualified to become the most dangerous members of society. " 1 conjure all those who hear me, and are err;.' gaged in these combinations, to rise . lllll revolt against the lawless tyranny which forbids . thtro to earn their daily bread, and commands tleinvand their families to live in poverty and idleness ; and to deliver. over their oppressors to public justice, if any further attempts shall he made to obstruct their return to the natural habits of mutual dependence and good-will with their -employers, and to the paths of intrustry and peace." A TALE OP MYsTamt.----The investigation into the mysterious death of the West Riding Clothier, 40 years ago, as men'ioned in our last paper, has had no satisfactory result. As v‘'e bav6 .already stated, the self-accuser, whose name •is Joseph Royston, and whose residence is at Morton banks, near Bingley, set out on Friday, along with Mr. Slater, the son of the deceased, and the constable of Yeadon, for York. On Saturday morning they proceeded to Cottingwrith, a village on the banks of the Derwent, where the remains of the senior Slater wete said to be deposited. At this place diligent search was made, and all the proper inquiries instituted without success. Roy ston, whose conduct is as unaccountable as it is suspicious, led them from place to place, and at length said that the body was interred in the church-yard. That nothing might be left undone, which seemed likely to cast a light upon this mys terious affair, , the Clergyman at that place was applied to, and the register was carefully search ed, but no traces of such a burial could he found in it. Baffled in their endeavours, the party re turned to their respective homes on Sunday ; and on Thursday last Royston was taken before Major Ft:trend, Esq. one of the Magistrates of this Riding, at Bingley, where he ,underwc9t a long examination, in the presence of the parties to whom he had at first declared that he " killed Slater 40 years ago, and buried him in the corner of a corn-field." Though the conduct of this un happy man has in it sufficient to excite violent suspicion of his guilt, the evidence against him rests mainly on his own confession, anti the Ma gistrate, very properly judging that under such circumstances he would 'not. be justified in com mitting him for trial, ordered i,i3wfor.the-present to be discharged.—(Leeds Mercury.) BULL BAITING. LICHFIELD GAOL DELIVERY, Alio. O. John Saddler, and others, in answer to an in dictment for a nuisance in Bull-baiting.—Mr. PARKER, solicitor, was beard in defence of the parties; and contended that boll-baiting was a legal diversion The High Steward read the in dictment, and held that that, or any other ob struction on the high-way, was illegal. Mr. PEARSON was heard on the-part of the pro secution, and detailed the particulars of the case, remarking on the peculiar inhumanity of the par ties. The bull fell and broke his back ; and the parties applied fire, amid the yells of the popu lace, to rouse - his dying energies ! Mr. Pearson then enlar„'ed particularly on the had effect of StiCh cuaton►s on ' the mind of the youth of the lower orders of society. He then went to spew the nature of the nuisance. Had the hull not disabled himself, in the breaking of the chain, he would have gone on in the public road, to the imminent danger of all persons passing thereon. He then remarked on the late case at Bilston, where a man was trampled to death Iron► a similar result. Evidence was then beard on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Benton deposed to the particulars of the case against the defendants ; and, as constable, to warning Saddler to put an end to the sport ; and that Saddler said, if they would take away the bull-baiting from the house at Brunt wood, be would stop it at his house, but not without. Mr. Partxsa asked a few questions in cross-ex amination, which went to prove that deponent did not see Mr. Saddler in the field, hut that he saw Astley and others of the party. The Steward ask ed as to the circumstance of the deponent going as constable, and warning Saddler to desist front baiting . the ball, and as to Saddler personally assisting or not in getting out the bull from his premises. Mr. Pricket deposed to seeing the bull taken from Saddler's premises into the field, across the road ; it might be a minute in going across. The STEWARD thought this was not sufficient to prove a nuisance—there being no evidence of passengers; and directed the Jnry to acquit - the prisoners. He availed himself, however, of the opportunity of.s.t.stting his opinion, that the cns tom of bull-baiting► was an inhuman and scanda lous practice. He reprobated the idea of such a custom conferring bravery or manliness of cha racter on Englishmen, and trusted that it would never be renewed in so enlightened a city. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUG. 25. Mr. HEATH appeared in support of a rule ob tained on a - former day for allowing Mr. Thomas Hall to be re-heart? as to certain creditors, at whbse suit be was detained. This insolvent, who was generally known at the west end of the town at Captain Hall, applied for his discharge on the 21st last January, and was opposed by Colonel Corry (the brother of the late Right Hon. Isaac Corry), Thomas Foster, Esq. of Berkshire, and a number of other credi tors, whose debt ire agre4 on that occasion to- except frortr4ars dischipfge. ' But the Court, after tearing Mr. Vosteirs statement, that the insolvent obtained., from him valuable pier tires. at , a prices' payable by bond of 3,5001, which he immediately afterwards sold at tukicture gallery tor less than a fourth of that In s n, Awl had represented himself as the legitimate son of a Gentlesuan,of large landed property neat . Manchestelwhereas . , on the contrary, it after waids appeared he was only tie illegitimate son of that Gentleman, w 1,164A1 r ely Allowed him a small Weekly stlpend, order**, the insolvent should be remanded for gross ttjustice to his cretkors. • The insolvent's deb*unotust to 48,904.4 his ' 'effects, nothing. z, ' . Mr. HEATH ti.. i i ,- ,- explained to lite Court, that the inso , ::.i .' ! :"ittl uot want to got rid of excepted dem -, - which nearly aountett pat whole of his incumbrances, but merely tprget is p discharge &oar others where nor opposition was intended. Colonel CotrOtyttlressecEjhe Court, and stat e d, that he came.:fcOnt;the country to see whattittiu solvent intended . by his present applicatteuk; nd he desired to know, wltethee4he Gentlemen who had with bito, oppose4lJte insolvent }were not en titled to ill expences they had been obliged to incur in feetng Counsel, jot, Appearing iu Court upon the present occasiork4;.. The Court.—How does the insolvent come up here this day ? Mr. HEATH.—By a rule Nisi, to he beard so far as appertains to debts not excepted. Mr. Foster.—My . debt is 5001. more than the insolvent stated it to be in his former schedule. Here is his own bill of 5001. to establish this fact. It was then agreed by the insolvent's Counsel, that Mr. Foster's claim should be recorded as ex cepted to the amount be now desired. The Court said,- that the insolvent's remand must still stand, for gross injustice to his credi tors, notwithstanding_ these arrangements. It was, however, finally agreed upon, that he should be discharged from certain debts in his schedule, on which no opposition was intended, but that be should still remain detained for the excepted debts. By the application of this clay the insolvent got rid of several smaller debts ; but the large ones, of which by far the greater part of the amount of 48,0001. consists, remain still in full force against him.' We learn that it was through the interference of HUMPHREY WILLYANts, Esq. of Truro, that Harvey, the swindler, was apprehended on the Continent. Being at Geneva, Mr. \VILLYAMS was accosted in the street by an English servant, whom he found upon inquiry to be a native of Truro, and to have left England with alMr. Har vey. This led to torther'questions, and Mr. WIL LYAMS had reilson to believe that he had disco vered the fugitive, with whose person, however, he was not acquainted. On communicating his .suspicions to the Police, the latter required the ;production of Harvey's passports ; as these were . not forthcoming, he was detained for the purpose of being sent to EngT..:nd to be identified.—(Cora wall Gazelle.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. named ‘lS,atsuneghraorognet GUILDHALL. I n or CAUTION TO SHOEMAKERS. --. A boot - c s d , named Miller, with having detainee' ot byd vvll o a h h o a o s t - a m l a v k i f e e r perly. The Act of Parliament directs). ~'0 s d i nt r ir e pe n er work given to those employed by boot-Me°4 shall be given in within eight days. The e% , alluded to was detained three months. lbe tee cuse of the defendant was, that sickness preve°.o4 punctuality. The penalty affixed to the of the Act is, from 1 to 3 months' imprisonteeto Mr. Miller said, he thought it his duty S od sake of the public to punish the defendant to therefore resisted the arguments, and , in futh te a, entreaties of Alderman Ileygate, who represeab to in the most feeling manner, the injuries likeliate arise from this indulgence. Alderman kl e Y e g a to then mentioned, that the case demanded- th tendarice of two Magistrates, and it was therelu„ brought before him and Alderman WaittitnaP*o Mr. Aliller persisted for a long time intention of punishing the defendant , and itob. e(1 to his former tettsollS that the defendant's - ject was to embezzle the property. e el The Magistrates were surprised at thls,"„ier, charge, but they soon observed that Mr. 1‘1..,4 if pushed to_ an extremity, would not insist what was so remote from his first v i e w of subject. r Alderman HEYGATE again told Mr. Mie,bo consider that the defendant had a faludY - were solely dependent upon him. Alderman WAITHMAN said the defenglaut at e to rely upon the mercy of his accuser, for t h , e ,,ps was imperative. He begged that the compl"''', „( would consider whether the presenksi:"li;)„oni the defendant would not prevent any rePet"-db; of the conduct objected to, and whethe r tber he l lic would not thiuk the matter sufficien tl y Pa' ch s, to secure the future goOd conduct of those were. employed to work at that trade. at° Iv At length Mr. Miller said he would m i le - 0 0 an apology from the defendant , whose i' pleading hard for him, with all the offic er :or listeners about the office, with a wretched -A ing child in her arms. A woman, named Jones, complained a P i to illt o to broker, named Swaine, for having c harged O ' than was allowed by Act of Parliament, to vying a distress upon her goods. 145' 64 The charge made by the broker was - p or, and that allowed by the Act amounte d to u°01:00', than ss. 6d.—it was decided against the br BOW-STREET. # F r gete HORSE-STEALING. —Yesterday Robe?... re to - Thompson underwent an examination bel,°;,tezd' sitting Magistrate, charged with felonious" •Folls ing a bay mare, the property of Mr. John , ofDighton-hall, near York, on the 3tlinsyoi; th s ' Wilson attended, who came from Y"rk, hid purpose, and identified the horse and brid' e is re' property, which had been stolen I'o ol b 0 0g mises. He had known the 'prisoner for miles. time. The saddle was identified to he th at which was stolen from the pnblie house P e s , Wilson's house on -* •h' Vier was fully committe MO' - efo COURSE or EXCHANGE, l IIIP, 4 q 37 i- Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight ' s 11 , 4.. 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